Ostend
Life’s a beach – and a football stadium next to it
Whitehawk FC: Football for all
Tomorrow, a small but oddly significant club plays the first of three games against teams immediately above in the sixth-flight National League South. At stake is a place in the play-offs for the National League. But the rise of Whitehawk FC, a Sussex County side only six years ago, is not just about status and success. […]
Dundalk FC
Group stages in Europe for recent league champions
Dundalk
Ireland’s soccer town welcomes regular Euro visitors
The miracle of Montevideo
Nick Rider enjoys a football weekend in Montevideo, where the 2030 World Cup kicks off With more World Cup wins than England, Spain or France, Uruguay has a proud football history. Its soccer-mad capital contains a dozen top-flight clubs, from tiny Danubio to the big boys of Peñarol and Nacional, offering the casual visitor a […]
Highland fling
It’s tight at the top of the Highland League, where three clubs are currently two points apart. With a place in the Scottish League at stake, Tony Dawber visits leaders Brora, heading to third-placed Formartine United on Easter Saturday. From the remote, windswept Highland village of Brora, a fleet of cars and coaches will be following the […]
Dublin
Ireland’s capital looks to Euro 2028 after 2020 loss
Easter challenge for first World Cup winners
On Good Friday, West Auckland – winners of the first ‘World Cup’ in 1909 – are up against Newton Aycliffe in the Durham Challenge Cup final. Andy Potts visits the club that won football’s first major international silverware in a distant era. Nobody quite knows how an amateur team of coalminers from County Durham ended up […]
D. C. United
Audi Field revives Buzzard Point and Rooney returns